Twin baby carriage



Feb. 8, 1927. J. A. MAHR TWIN BABY cARRIAGEx Filed Jan. v. 1924 2 sheets-sheet 1 Feb. 8, 1927.

J. A. MAHR TWIN BABY CARRIAGE Filed Jan. v.' 1924' 2 Sirleets-Sheeil 2 Ja//s /Va/f Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

JULrUs A. MAHR, or MiNNEAPoLIs, rvrrunnso'ra, AssIeNoR r co., or MrnNRaroLrs, Minuitsera.v

iiiiizis o cozY BABY CARRIAGE Twin BABY CARRIAGE.

Application le. January 7, 1924. Serial No. 684,762;

My present invention relates to baby'carf riages of the type disclosed and. broadly claim in my United States Letters Patents Nos. 1,335,122 and 1,432,114, both entitled Folding baby carriage,l issued of date March 30, 1920, and October 17, 1922, re.

1,363,667, entitled Baby carrying basket, issued December 23, 1920, andapplication for Letters Patent, Serial No. 545,100, filed March 20, 1922, and entitled Baby carriage body. The invention has for its primary object to provide such a carriage with two bodies for holding twin babies.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, vlike characters indi cate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved baby carriage; fr

Fig. 2 is a view principally in transverse vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.-1; l l Y Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the improved baby carriage;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view showing an improved means for attaching the hood'tof-the body; 'i i Fig. 5 isa detail view principally in section taken* on the .line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a detail View with some parts sectioned on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; and'V Fig. 7, is a detailview with some parts .sectioned on the line 7-.-7 of Fig. 3 and illustrating one 'of' the body-suspending means attached to the intermediate hook.

VOf thefparts of the trated, it is only necessary to note the reach V8, the posts 9 foldably connected to said -reachby couplings 10, radius rods 11 conspectively, No.

7 Vnected'to said couplings and having .pivoted stub axles 12 on which are journaled wheels 13, toggle levers .14 for holding said radius rods spread, and locks- -15 for reach '3 and posts 9 to the couplings 10 against pivotal movements. Y

` `Heads-16, 'on the upper ends of the posts 9, have upwardly diverging prongs 17, which entendA -transverselyof the carriage and support, their upperpends, handle barsV 18.

VAttached to the upper end 19 and 20, as

ruiming gear illusv securing the Formed on the outer faces of veach pair of prongs 17 is a pair of hooks 19, from which' twin bodies may be held suspended, and

formed with each head 16 is an intermediate hook 20, which projects between said .prongs and `froinwhich one of said bodies may be held suspended. Y

f- The limproved baby carriage is provided with two collapsible twin bodies 21, substantiallyy like the body disclosed and broadlyplaimed .in Patent l\lo.-1,363,667V and application S. N.l 545,100 heretofore referred to. i

nach body ai is made from firming or other suitable fabric and has, vin the marf ginal edge of its bottom, an endless spreader rim 22 to holdithe same in its proper form. vof vthe body 21, at the head thereof, is an upwardly inclined extension or web 23 having a marginal hem "that holds a U-shaped 'spreader rim section 24, the ends vof which are flattened in vertical planes and transversely apertured to afford elongated seats 2 5.A

A U-shaped spreaderirim section 2 6 is placed in ya.y hem in the upper edge of the body 21, at the-foot thereof. VThe ends'of the spreader -rim sections 24'and 26eXtend toward each other and terminatea considerable dist-ance apart. Attached to the sides of the body 21,between the ends of the Y spreader rim sections 24'and 26, are buckleequipped straps 27 for holding a Ybaby in said body.Vv i

To suspend the bodiesf21 frointhe hooks Lboth bodies 21 sideV kbyside from the running gear, with the hooks 20 td detachably suspend only Vone of said bodies from the running Pairs of reinforcing .straps 31 are.. eX- tended over the hems, in which the spreader lrim sections 24 and 26 arefheld, Vand secured by anysuitable means, such as-rivets, to the outward of the gaps 29. Reinforcing straps 32 are extended over vthe ends of lthe web 23 l heretofore referred to,'there Vwith the hooks 19 to ldetachably suspend or said ringmay be interlocked web 23 and front end of the body 21, just and the spreader rim section 24, adjacent to the flattened end portion thereof, and secured to the sides ofthe body 15 in the same manner as the reinforcing straps 31.

Y To independently limit thel swinging movement of the body 2l or hold the same against swinging movement, there is provided a transverse bar 33 having` at its ends fdiverging two-part straps 34 attached to the sides of the body 21, and which two-part straps are adjustably connected by buckles 35. This bar, at'its intermediate portion, is' provided with a depending vclamp 36., the jaws of which are adjustably connected by a nut-equipped bolt 37. Said clamp 36 fits around the reach 8 and is frictionally held thereon in the proper position by the nutequipped bolt 37. The parts of the straps 34 on the bar 32'are also for use in holding the running gear folded andthe bodies p 21 collapsed and secured to said running gear.

Again referring to the flattened end portions of the rim sections 24` there are provided trunnion-acting bolts 37. the threaded portions of which are flattened and inserted through the seats 25 in such a manner that the heads of said bolts are on the inside of the body 21. The flattened portions of theV bolts 37, by the engagement with the elonlgated seats 25, hold the bolts from turning.

Thumb nuts 38 are applied to the bolts 37 and have inwardly tapered body portions. Spring washers 39, on the bolts 37, are arranged tovbe compressed between the rim section 24 and the thumb nuts' 38.

. Each body 21 is provided with a hood 40, preferably of the same, material as said body and having end and intermeditae ribs 41 formed from round rods, the ends of which are flattened and apertured to receive the i trunnion-acting bolts 37 to pivotally support said ribs, as best shown in Fig. 5. Obviously, by tightening the thumb nuts 38, the

ribs 41 will be yieldingly and frictionally held where set under the action of the spring washers 39. Except for the trunnionacting bolts 37, the hood 40 is entirely free from the body v21 and may be adjusted from a position in which it is fol-ded onto the y zweb 23 to a position in which its front rib sol . derlap the -web 23 and thereby separately connect the hood extension 43 to the body 41 and form a tight oint therebetween.

The hood extension 43 is arranged to adjustably overlap the hood 40 and has, in its forward edge, a hem in which is placed an elastic puclrering cord 45 under strain to draw the hood extension 43 onto thehood 40. it theV lower or pointed ends of the hood extension 43, the elastic cord 45 is extended outward thereof and looped, as at 46, to receive the tapered bodies of the f thumb nuts 33 and thereby secure the hood extension-43 to the body 21 and anchor said cord. c

As previously stated, the hood ,extension 43 overlaps the hood 40 and, by adjusting the same thereon so that the elastic cord 45 is just forwardof one of the ribs 41, said elastic cord will 'draw the hood extension 43 tightly over the respectiverib and forma tight joint between said hood and its eXtension.

F rom the above description, it is evident that the bodies 21 are independently and detachably suspended from the running gear by the hooks 19 and may be turned end for end, as shown in Fig. 1, or they maybe turned so that the two hoods are at the same end of the baby carriage. It is also evident that the bodies 21 may be detached from the hooks 19 and one thereof attached and held suspended from the hooks 2O and thereby equip the baby carriage with a single body. By locating the hoolrs 2O in line with the posts 7 there is a. direct pull on said posts when only a single body is carried by the running gear. A

That I claim is: Y

1. A baby carriage comprising a running gear having a postV at eachv end yand independent twin bodies, the posts of the running gear having at their upper ends transversely and outwardly extended members, and attaching means suspending thejtwin bodies from said members one on each side of the posts in balanced relation and for independent swinging movement.

2. A baby carriage comprising a running gear, and independent twin bodies carried thereby in balanced arrangement, said running gear having laterally spaced means for detachably holding saidl bodies side'by' side and also having intermediate means for detachably holding one of said bodies.

3.v A baby carriage comprising a running gear including. at each end a post having a fork-like head, the prongs vof which are connected by a handle bar, laterally spaced fasteners on said prongs, twin bodies detachably held by saidfasteners in balanced arrangement, and intermediate fasteners for holding one of'said bodies.

4. A baby carriage comprising avrunning gear lincluding at each end a posthaving" a. fork-like head, the prongs of which are connected by a handle bar, llaterally spaced fasteners on said prongs extending outv said heads extendin gear, twin bodiescarried thereby in balanced arrangement for independent swinging movement, and a cross bar on the running gear having at its lends adjustable diverging straps attached to said bodies for independently holding the same against swinging movement or for' limiting thev swinging movement thereof.

6. Al baby carriage having a folding running gear including a reach and also having collapsible swinging twin bodies, and a cross bar attached to the reach and having straps at its. ends for holding the bodies from swinging and also for holding the running 20 gear folded and the bodies collapsed.

\ Intestimony whereof I aiX my signature.

J ULIUS A. MAHR. 

